Below are a series of videos to show you a quick-start on how to use Virtual Lorenz 3D.
This video shows you the basics of moving the camera around and what interactive actions are available
Virtual Lorenz SZ42 3D : Basic Tutorial
This video shows you how the German operator set the start positions of the twelve rotors when getting ready to send a secret message. This method was used at the beginning of World War II, in 1940.
Virtual Lorenz SZ42 3D : Send Tutorial
This video shows you what you need to do to receive a message that is being transmitted to you.
Virtual Lorenz SZ42 3D : Receive Tutorial
At regular intervals, the operators were required to change the settings of each of small switches on the twelve rotors to new positions. This involved having two operators, one reading the setting of each switch and the other changing the switch with a stylus.
This is a link to a PDF of a few examples of actual setting documents for the Lorenz SZ40 (pages 2 and 3). Wehrmacht-Fernschreibschlüssel SZ 40
Virtual Lorenz SZ42 3D : Setting Tutorial